surah Tawbah aya 17 , English translation of the meaning Ayah.
﴿مَا كَانَ لِلْمُشْرِكِينَ أَن يَعْمُرُوا مَسَاجِدَ اللَّهِ شَاهِدِينَ عَلَىٰ أَنفُسِهِم بِالْكُفْرِ ۚ أُولَٰئِكَ حَبِطَتْ أَعْمَالُهُمْ وَفِي النَّارِ هُمْ خَالِدُونَ﴾
[ التوبة: 17]
9:17 It is not for the polytheists to maintain the mosques of Allah [while] witnessing against themselves with disbelief. [For] those, their deeds have become worthless, and in the Fire they will abide eternally.
Tafsir Ibn Katheer in EnglishIt is not right for the idolaters to attend or care for Allah’s places of worship, worshipping in them, or doing good actions in them, while confirming their disbelief through their displaying of polytheism and the like.
Their actions are wasted because they do not have faith, and faith is the condition for actions being accepted.
On the Day of Judgement, they will enter the fire of Hell, living in it eternally, unless they repent from idolatry before their death.
Muhammad Taqiud-Din alHilali
It is not for the Mushrikun (polytheists, idolaters, pagans, disbelievers in the Oneness of Allah), to maintain the Mosques of Allah (i.e. to pray and worship Allah therein, to look after their cleanliness and their building, etc.), while they witness against their ownselves of disbelief. The works of such are in vain and in Fire shall they abide.
phonetic Transliteration
Ma kana lilmushrikeena an yaAAmuroo masajida Allahi shahideena AAala anfusihim bialkufri olaika habitat aAAmaluhum wafee alnnari hum khalidoona
Abdullah Yusuf Ali - Translation
It is not for such as join gods with Allah, to visit or maintain the mosques of Allah while they witness against their own souls to infidelity. The works of such bear no fruit: In Fire shall they dwell.
Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
It is not for the Mushrikin, to maintain the Masjids of Allah, while they witness against themselves of disbelief. The works of such are in vain and in Fire shall they abide.
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9:17 It is not for the polytheists to maintain the mosques of Allah translate in arabic
ما كان للمشركين أن يعمروا مساجد الله شاهدين على أنفسهم بالكفر أولئك حبطت أعمالهم وفي النار هم خالدون
سورة: التوبة - آية: ( 17 ) - جزء: ( 10 ) - صفحة: ( 189 )Almuntakhab Fi Tafsir Alquran Alkarim
It is never becoming nor is it consistent for the idolaters to attend the mosques of Allah bearing witness within themselves of their infidelity and the denial of Allah. These are they whose hopes shall be doomed to disappointment and their deeds to worthlessness here and Hereafter, and in Hell shall they have passed through nature to eternal suffering
Tafseer Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi
(9:17) It does not behove the mushriks to become the guardians and servants of Allah's houses of worship, the while they themselves bear witness against themselves to their disbelief; *19 in fact, all their works have gone to waste *20 and they shall abide in the Fire for ever.
It is not for the polytheists to maintain the mosques of Allah meaning
*19) This lays down the general principle for the guardianship of the places of worship that ave been built exclusively for the worship of Allah. Obviously, those people who associate thers with Allah in His essence, His rights and His powers cannot be the proper persons to be the guardians, the servants, the managers etc. of such sacred places. And when they themselves reject the invitations to Tauhid, and openly declare that they are not going to dedicate their worship and obedience exclusively o AIIah, they automatically forfeit any right they ad for the guardianship of such places of worship that had been built for the worship of Allah alone. Though the principle is of a general nature, it has been mentioned here with the particular object of removing the mushriks from the guardianship of the Ka`abah and Masjid-i-Haram and establishing permanently the guardianship of the worshippers of One God over them.
*20) ".........all their works have gone to waste.....", including the little real service they did to the `House of Allah' because they mixed with it shirk and other practices of ignorance. Their little good was destroyed by their far greater evils.
It is not for the polytheists to maintain the mosques of Allah meaning in Urdu
مشرکین کا یہ کام نہیں ہے کہ وہ اللہ کی مسجدوں کے مجاور و خادم بنیں درآں حالیکہ اپنے اوپر وہ خود کفر کی شہادت دے رہے ہیں ان کے تو سارے اعمال ضائع ہو گئے اور جہنم میں انہیں ہمیشہ رہنا ہے
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